Tag Archives: Film Noir

Movie Du Jour: “The Naked Kiss” (1964)

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClsN0u2M8p8 Cheap, lurid, corny, sensational, sentimental, blunt, and perverse, Sam Fuller’s THE NAKED KISS opens with a bald hooker beating her pimp. After winding up in Squaresville, USA she decides to go straight, lands a job as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies | Tagged donald westlake, Film Noir, Sam Fuller | 1 Comment

Movie Poster Du Jour: “T-Men”

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Anthony Mann, Film, Film Noir, Movie Posters, movies, T-Men | 2 Comments

Build My Gallows High, Baby

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: And then I saw her, coming out of the sun, and I knew why Whit didn’t care about that forty grand. Jane Greer in Jacques Tourneur’s OUT OF THE PAST

Posted in Movies, Performers, Women men and fashion | Tagged femme fatale, Film Noir, Jacques Tourneur, Jane Greer, Robert Mitchum, smoking | 4 Comments

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Jean Harlow in Charles Brabin’s THE BEAST OF THE CITY Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Movies, Sex, Women men and fashion | Tagged Charles Brabin, Film Noir, Jean Harlow | Leave a comment

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Dorothy Malone and Bogie in Hawks’ THE BIG SLEEP

Posted in Movies | Tagged Dorothy Malone, Film Noir, Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler | 7 Comments

Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go…

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Here are a few pics of some notable L.A. landmarks from my trip there a couple weeks ago (previous installments here and here). First, Union Station.

Posted in Architecture, Movies, Photography | Tagged Biltmore, Blade Runner, Bradbury Building, Charlie Chaplin, Chinatown, Dutch Colonial Revival, Film Noir, Ghostbusters, Los Angeles, Mad Men, One Percent, Spanish Revival, Streamline Moderne, The Shining, Union Station, Vertigo | 9 Comments

“Brick”

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Writer-director Rian Johnson has made a name for himself with his latest film “Looper.” I haven’t seen it, but I did catch up with his debut feature the other night. It’s called “Brick,” and I found it … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged brick, Film Noir, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Looper, movies, Raymond Chandler, Rian Johnson | 16 Comments

“Black Wings Has My Angel”

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Someone recommended this to me a while back. I took a chance on it when I noticed it was available cheap for the Amazon Kindle. (Maybe it still is.) Written by the terrifically-named Elliott Chaze, and … Continue reading →